Mattress



D. IVHCON.

MATTRESS.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAYI5, I920.

EL 9428;?97 o Patentedept. 3129 M22.,

- To alt/'whom z't may concern.'

Patented sein. 12, 1922.A

PATENT oF'Fi-CE.

' DAVID MICON, 0E BENTON HABOB, MIGHIG'AN.

v MATTRESS.

vApplication led May 15,

Be it knbwnthat I, DAVID MicoN, a citizen of the United States; residingat Benton Harbor, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inMattresses, of whichjthefollowing .is a specification. r

L `The general objectof this invention isl to provide a mattress simplein construction, attractive in appearance, and which may be produced ata relativelysmall cost.

The invention relates articularly to mattresses of the kind set orth inmy Patent N'o. 1,211,4{75 patented- January 9, 1917, provided with rollsalong the upperand' the lower edges of the body portion. The primarypurpose of such mattresses is to produce a neat appearing bed and toaccomplish this, it is-essential that all rough or protruding edges beeliminated where possif ble. l

With the present high cost of labor, and thediliiculty of securingskilled operators,

it is particularly important to avoid as far as possible all unnecessaryoperations andl to so design the construction that the use of skilledlabor in its manufacture is unnecessary. Therefore, one of the objects'of the present. invention is to eliminate as many seams as possible,and to permit the tick. to be substantially completed before the fillingis placed therein.

Another object is to provideuthe mat- I tress with' roll edges havingsuitable and seamless outer faces to present an attrac- A tiveappearance and avoid wear and breakfy invention and its numerous objectsand advantages will be better understood by reference to the followingspecification when read' in connection with theL accom- Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a portion of a finished mattress,

'Figs 2 and 3 are detail sectional views illustrating one methodofymanufacture of the inventlon,

Fig. 4 is a vertical, sectional view ofia portion of the mattress madein the manner 1929. Serial No. 381,591.

ying the method of 'forming the corners of the roll. y

Fig. 8 is an enlarged. perspective View L of one vcorner portion of themattress.

or anyv suitable; material or combination ofl materials suitableffor these. At the edlgesof the top and bottom o the tiek the ro ls 13 and 14;,respectively, are formed.

The method of manufactureof the tick, in the embodiment shownin Figs. 2.to 4.- inclusive', is illustrated in Figs. 2 and The top N10'of the tickis laid out flat and the strip' which is to form the roll edge is laidinvertf thereon with its outer'edge projecting about one-third of itswidth beyond the edge of the top of the tick as indicated in solid linesin Fig. 2. The top and strip are then sewedtogether at 15. The 4inneredge of the Iroll strip 13 is now turned over von yits outer edgein the manner indicated .in broken lines in Fig. 2 and the border st'rip12 inverted is placed thereon with its edge coincident with the edges ofthe roll strip,

in the manner illustrated in Fi 3. The two edges of the roll strip 13 anthe edge of the border strip 12 are now sewed t'ogether at 16. Thebottom roll is formed on vthe bottom of the tick and secured to theborder stripin the manner decrfibed in formin the top roll except thatthe arts are lai out turned in the opposite Airection as will be readilyevident.

In order to make smooth and rounding corners, .I have found itadvantageous to cut notches`17 in the roll strip in the manner shown inFig. 7 and then to draw t0- gether and stitch the edfres of the notchesto produce the corner eect shown in Fig. 8 in the drawing, v

vIn* the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 theborder 18 is laid upbn the top 19 and a portion of the top is turnedover onto the border to form an end flap 20, as shown in solid lines inPg. 5, and the three layers are stitched toget er at 21. The border 18and the end flap 20 are now turned into the position indicated in brokenl lines in Fig. 5 and these two layers are stitched at 22. In turnin theborder 18 in the manner described, su cient fullness 23 should beallowed to form the roll. The lower roll edge is formed in the same way.ept that the parts are laid out reversely as will be readilyunderstood. In this modilication of the invention it will be seenv thatthe border 18 forms the outer wall of the` roll and the inner wall is acontinuation of the top or bottom of the tick as the case may be. 1In`this form as in the revious embodiment, the outer wall of the ro l issmooth and without seams or ridges, presenting aineat, and attractiveappearance.

My invention materially reduces the time and labor involved in reparingthe tlck for a roll edge mattress. he rolls may be filled in accordancewith the invention set forth 1n my application Serial No. 866,106 filedMarch 15, 1920,y or in any other sultable manner. i

Changes in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts may bemadewlthout departing from the splrit of the 1nven tion or sacr1ficingany of its material advantages, and I reserve the ri ht to make all suchchanges as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

, 1. A mattress comprising a tick having a top, a bottom and a border,strips of material formed into separate rolls with the edges of eachstrip stitched together and to an edge of the border, one of said rollshaving anv intermediate portion stitched to the edge of t the top andthe other roll having an intermediate portion stitched to the edge ofthe bottom, and `filling for the tick and the rolls.

2, A mattress comprising a tick having a top and a separate border, aseparate strip of ymaterial stitched between yits edges to the edge ofthe top, the edges of the strip be-i ing stltched together and to anedge ,of the border to'form a roll, and filling forrsaid roll.

3. A mattress tick havingan edge roll' consisting of a strip having itsedges secured together and to an edge ofone of the walls of the tick,and an intermediate portion of the roll being secured to an edge -of anadjacent w`all of the tick. t

4. A ,mattre tick comprising separate top, bottom and'side walls, anedge roll consisting of a separate strip havin its edges securedtogether and to an edge ol one of thel walls of the tick by one and thesame secur-v ing means, an intermediate portion ofthe I l roll beingsecured to an edge of another wall of the tick, said strip havingsubstantially V-shaped notches at each ofthe four conners of the tick,the walls of each notch being drawn together to form a rounded bend `inthe edge roll at each corner of the tick.

strip to the upper edge of the border section;

sewing an intermediate portion of a second strip to the ed e of therbottom section, folding the secon strip to bring its edges to-A'mediate portion of the roll strip tosaid edge gether and sewing theedges of the second strip to the lower edge of the border.

8. The methodof making a tick for a mattress which consists of layingthe top section c with the outer surface upward, laying a strip with itsouter surface downward on the edge of the top section, sewing anintermediate portion of said strip to the edgeof said top section;folding the inner edge of the said strip upon the outer edge thereof,laying the border inside out with its `upper. edge flush with the edgesof said strip and sewing the edges .of said strip and said borderportion together' folding the border in its entirety outwardly anddownwardly, securing a simli lar strip in the same way to the'bottomsection and sewing its edges to the free edges of said border.

' DAVID MICON.

